Hmmmmm....Back East, outside of NYC where I grew up, many reform Jews live in neighborhoods and towns that have large numbers of black people. In fact, many of our progressive parents intentionally moved to these towns in the post Civil-Rights Movement Era (think New Rochelle, Montclair, Teaneck, etc) to "live the dream" or something like that...I can't speak for Jason from Tacoma, WA, but I like hip hop because I grew up around it and my black friends and classmates listened to it. Maybe Jason's wife needs to meet some other Jewish male hip hop fans who aren't attracted to the music because of some Woody Allen-like neurotic attempt to free our Grandparents from Auschwitz....

For some of us, it isn't that complicated. Hollah.